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THIS Archaeological Discovery In China Puts Scientists In SHOCK!!

It is impossible to know everything that has happened throughout the course of human history, and plenty of archaeological finds proved just how vast our collective ignorance is. Archeology is the study of human history through the examination of physical remains, with an emphasis on artifacts and architecture. Over the past few decades, numerous discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of history and taught us quite a lot about how ancient civilizations lived, worked, and died. We decided not to include things that people already knew about, such as the Great Pyramids or Machu Picchu; these are incredible places that people have known about for centuries. Instead, in this video, we will talk about some of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries.

This year, numerous discoveries have been made that span disciplines, periods, geographical regions, and cultural traditions. For instance, some discoveries are years old, but only this year have they been thoroughly documented. Meanwhile, one of our readers voted the most popular discoveries is a recently discovered Renaissance masterpiece and grizzly talismans made from human bone. While there have been many interesting discoveries this year, these are just some of the most fascinating ones. Here are the top 20 most unbelievable archaeology discoveries.

Number 20. Strange re-appearing hole.

The early 1970s, when satellites first began snapping photos of Earth, scientists noticed a mysterious hole in one of Antarctica's seasonal ice packs, floating on the Lazarev Sea. Come summertime the gap had disappeared, and for decades the strange event went unexplained.

Then, a year and a half ago, during the continent's coldest winter months, when ice should be at its thickest, a giant 9,500-square-kilometre hole (almost 3,700 square miles) suddenly showed up in the same ice pack. Two months later it had grown a stunning 740 percent larger, before once again retreating with the summer ice.

Number 19. Pet cemetery.

When Peruvian anthropologist Sonia Guillen and her team were excavating a cemetery south of Lima that was over a thousand years old, they found more than just human remains. The people who lived there during the Chiribaya civilization, which existed before the Inca Empire, had buried 43 dogs there. The treasured animals, which were employed in the herding of llamas, were buried in separate cemeteries close to their human owners. Many of the animals' final resting places had snacks and blankets. Due to the fact that the desert climate preserved the corpses of the dogs, Guillen was able to see how close they looked to a popular modern breed known as the Chiribaya shepherd, and her team is currently attempting to prove a genetic lineage between the two types of dogs.

Number 18. Medieval maternity.

A woman who lived in the village of Imola in Italy approximately 1300 years ago passed away just a couple of weeks before she was set to give birth. Archaeologists found the skeleton of her fetus between her legs, making her an example of a "coffin birth," which is an extremely unusual occurrence in which gases build up inside a pregnant woman's body and force the fetus out of the birth canal. However, the extraordinary discovery that someone drilled a hole in the mother's skull before she passed away has piqued the interest of the scientific community even more. Trepanation was the term given to the process of creating such a hole, and it has been used throughout history and in many different parts of the world to treat injuries to the head, headaches, and potentially even to exorcise bad spirits. In this particular instance, the researchers are pondering whether or not she was experiencing preeclampsia or eclampsia, both of which are disorders associated with pregnancy that involve extremely high blood pressure and possibly seizure activity.

Number 17. Gobekli Tepe.

More than 11000 years ago, at the end of the Stone Age, hunter-gatherers continued to live a nomadic existence; they had not yet settled down to a lifestyle based on agriculture, which is the foundation of our cities and towns today. On the other hand, this archaeological site in Turkey has raised questions about the timeframe due to the massive pillars decorated with animal sculptures, stone rings, and many rectangular rooms. Many academics believe that it may have been constructed for religious purposes and that it could be the earliest piece of known construction in the world.

Number 16. Surprises in Egypt.

Archaeologists are the source of some of the most peculiar objects discovered during excavations. Peter Der Manuelian, an Egyptology professor at Harvard and the director of the Harvard Semitic Museum, recalled in an email that one of his Harvard predecessors, Dows Dunham, attempted to fool his own boss, the renowned Egyptologist George Reisner, who directed many of the most successful excavations of the pyramids. Der Manuelian is an expert in the field of Egyptology. In 1914, Dunham decided to test whether or not Reisner would be puzzled by the presence of a bronze Roman coin that he had recently purchased from an antique shop in Cairo. He threw the coin into a burial chamber that was going to be excavated. It was a waste of time since as soon as the items in the room were organized, Reisner realized that his pupil had been the one to plant the coin. (It is interesting to note that Manuelian reports that one of Reisner's meter sticks was discovered in the beginning of 2018 in a tomb in Middle Egypt. This discovery occurred 103 years after he initially worked in the region.)

Number 15. Tiny human or alien?

The year 2003 saw the discovery of a naturally mummified skeleton in the Atacama Desert of Chile. The skeleton measured six inches in height and had a pointed head. Despite the fact that many individuals have claimed that the bones once belonged to an alien creature, scientists have since been able to sequence the skeleton's DNA and analyze it. This is despite the fact that many people have claimed that the bones once belonged to an alien entity. The bone density of the skeleton was comparable to that of a 6 year old, despite the fact that the skeleton was much smaller. She was descended primarily from native Chileans but also had some European ancestry in her family tree. Ata is the name given to the female mummy, and it was just recently found that she had once been a human creature. However, the researchers cannot determine which of these mutations is responsible for her skeletal abnormality because they found seven separate abnormalities in her genes that are connected with the growth process.

Number 14. Injured zoo animals in ancient Egypt.

Thousands of years ago, when Hierakonpolis was one of the most important towns along the Nile River. The wealthy citizens of Hierakonpolis displayed their status by keeping exotic pets. Hierakonpolis was one of the most important towns along the Nile River. The skeletal remains of several different creatures, including a hippopotamus, several baboons, and two elephants, were discovered during an excavation at a cemetery. On the other hand, the skeletons of many of the baboons and the hippo exhibited signs of bone fractures that had healed over time. This suggests that the animals did not live a life free of danger. The investigators are of the opinion that the animals were hurt either in the process of being seized or in the process of being tethered in place. However, the bones would not have been able to recover unless the animals had been protected, and the fact that the bones were recovered is how we know that the animals were held in captivity.

Number 13. Kids with disabilities are buried like royalty.

34000 years ago, hunter-gatherers buried many people, including two adolescents, at a site known as Sunghir, located a couple of hours east of the city of Moscow today. Sunghir may be reached by traveling east from Moscow for a couple of hours. When the graves were excavated, the researchers discovered that the boys had been buried together (with their heads adjacent) with approximately 300 pierced fox teeth, approximately 10000 mammoth ivory beads, more than 20 armbands, 16 ivory mammoth spears, carvings, antlers, and human fibulae laid across the chest of each child. Both of the boys had shown indicators of infirmity before their deaths, which occurred between the ages of 10 and 12. On the other hand, some of the adult tombs had no valuables at all, while others had only a handful of them included in them.

Number 12. Hidden Japanese settlement found in forests of British Columbia

Not to be outdone by Vancouver's rampant racism, a small community of Japanese Canadians established themselves in the North Shore mountains of British Columbia during the first half of the 20th century. Other limitations aside, Japanese people were not allowed to vote, enter the Civil Service, or practice law during this time period. In the early days, loggers were probably the first residents of the North Shore settlement. The forestry of the area had been largely harvested by 1924, but Muckle suspects that the forest may have been. There is no evidence that can be considered conclusive that Muckle lived there beyond 1920. A date and some reports of subsistence activity led him to conclude that this settlement was abandoned in a hurry. The World War II surge in military activity suggests that these settlers had to relocate, and some documents back this up likely this abandonment of the settlement was at its end date around the year 1942. the sheer number of objects left behind at the site more than one thousand found a date and some reports of subsistence activity led him to conclude that this settlement was abandoned in a hurry.

Number 11. Archaeologists cracked the case of one thousand seven hundred-year-old Roman eggs.

Researchers found a preserved Roman egg in a ditch near berry field, an ancient settlement along a busy Roman Road. It is the only complete Roman egg that has ever been discovered in Britain. The ditch is thought to have been used as a brewing pit during the second and third centuries and then tr used as a garbage pit after that. During excavation, a pair of the 1700 year old chicken eggs in central England released a pungent sulfurous smell, but a third egg remained intact and its rott

Number 10. A sorceress kit was discovered in the ashes of Pompeii.

According to Fran's Lids of Smithsonian Magazine in September, recent archaeological excavations have led to many significant discoveries including a Roman fast food joint, a fresco depicting a fierce Gladiator battle, the carcass of a horse still saddled, and an inscription claiming Mount Vesuvius eruption happened on October rather than August. These discoveries come from a conservation and restoration initiative dubbed the great Pompeii project launched in 2012 with a budget of 140 million dollars. Numerous playing cards are included in the assortment of goods. Tiny dolls and skulls made from scarab beetles. Crystals phallic amulets, mirrors and gems. We speculate that this may have been a primitive spell book used for telling fortunes or attracting good luck. Alternatively, it may have been the instrument that the sorceress used to hone her skills in order to become more familiar with fertility and seduction. According to Ansa's study, the cash most likely belonged to a slave or a servant because it did not include any of the gold accouterments that are generally linked with Pompeii Elites.

Number 9. Which bottle filled with teeth pins and the mysterious liquid was discovered in an English chimney.

Bottles containing bent pins, nails, thorns, urine, fingernail clippings, hair, and even teeth were used to ward off witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries. According to paralysis C Meyer of jstor daily, the bottle was believed to entrap witches with sharp objects inside on the points of pins. However, by the mid 19th century, talismans like a witch bottle one recently found in a former Inn and pub in Watford

Number 8. a container made from a hollowed-out whale vertebra.

During the middle of the second century A.D. A group of Iron Age Scots abandoned a brock on the Orkney Islands. The brock contained a human jawbone, the remains of newborn lambs, a pair of red deer antlers, and a large grinding stone. According to a statement released by the University Institute, the makeshift container was made from a hollowed-out whale vertebra. Archaeologists from the Munrov Institute discovered the b. This research had the same intention as a measure to perform an act of closure. The DNA analysis performed by UHI archaeologist Martin Carruthers and his colleagues identified the bone as a Finn will bone. As a result, they wondered whether the ancient humans were hunting whales of that magnitude or took advantage of a stranded whale carcass. Additional whale bones were found. Archaeological findings lend credence to the second hypothesis, which states that the assemblage bears some resemblance to that of opportunistic animals. According to Carruthers, who Williams of BBC news quotes, "that assemblage is what you would expect we suppose if you saw them as being quite opportunistic regarding what came across their path." You would expect this assemblage if you saw them as being quite opportunistic regarding what came across their path.

Number 7. cave full of untouched Maya artifacts found at Chichen Itza

The cave system was reported on for the first time by local villagers who told of the discovery to an archaeologist. This report was supposedly never heated by the research who ordered the area to be closed off to the public and refused to submit any documentation on the finding. In order to enter the network of Chambers, archaeologists had to get on their stomachs and Rabel through tight confines. It took archaeologists fifty years to travel down into the cave system that the Maya were famous for constructing. Guillermo Deanda was unable to speak and began to cry as the researcher told her that he had investigated human remains in the sacred Cenote in Chichen Itza, but that was nothing compared to the feeling he felt when he entered it for the first time by himself.

Number 6. Archaeologists discover medieval woman and child skeletons at the Tower of London.

The Tower of London, home to some of the country's most powerful and illustrious people, has also hosted less well-known residents such as these 500 year old skeletons that were long lost and rediscovered in one of its chapels. These residents served at the tower in less distinguished capacities but made important contributions in their day. Archaeologists excavated the chapel of Street Peter eventual earlier this year and found the remains, which are estimated to date between 1450 and 1550. One of the skeletons belonged to a mother who had died between the ages of 35 and 45, while the age of one of the children was estimated to have been somewhere about seven. According to the assistant historic building's curator for historic Royal palaces, Alfred Hawkins, Dali Alberts of the Telegraph reported in October that the two may have been related to the Royal Mint, the Royal armories, or the soldiers who were assigned to guard the crown jewels because neither showed signs of a violent death. This was based on the information provided by Alfred Hawkins. The ruins of the tower have made visible a facet of human nature that is typically obscured. Although it has served not only as a palace fortress and prison but also as a dwelling for the laborers who have been employed within its walls over the years, the Fortress has been continuously inhabited for close to a thousand years.

Number 5. Lost footage of one of the Beetle's last live performances was found in the attic.

Since no footage was captured at the time, many fans believed the show had been lost. Luckily for them, one dedicated music lover watched the episode on a wind-up camera after keeping it in his attic for over 50 years. He got the idea to digitally document the historic performance. Chandler had kept the tape in secret until this spring, when he came across another brief video recording of the top of the pops. Chandler had kept the tape in secret until this spring, when he came across another brief video recording of top of Chris Perry of Kaleidoscope, who specializes in restoring lost footage, was inspired by all of the media hype to send Chandler a 92 second clip of his own. The extended performance, which Perry deemed phenomenal, is silent, and so is the shorter clip. However, Kaleidoscope remastered the footage, sensing it with the Paperback Writer audio and enhancing its video quality, so that Beatles fans finally get the opportunity to watch The Lost performance.

Number 4. A perfectly preserved 32000 year old wolf head was found in Siberian permafrost.

When it comes to the long-term preservation of resources, the permafrost in the Siberian Heartland of Russia is nearly incomparable to anything else. On the banks of the Taretic River in 2017, a local person discovered the frozen remains of a cave lion cub that was 50000 years old. In 2018, mammoth tusk hunters recovered the remains of a foal that was 42000 years old. The most exciting find in recent times may have been the fully intact head of a plasticine Step wolf that had been preserved in permafrost for over 32000 years. This two to four-year-old wolf was part of an extinct lineage with different characteristics than modern species. Initial media reports said that the wolf's severed head, which was still covered in fur was unusually large. However, an evolutionary geneticist from the Swedish Museum of Natural History who was involved in the discovery said that the head was actually.

Number 3. The 26.8 million dollars Renaissance Masterpiece was found hanging above a woman hot plate.

In October, an unattractive little panel painting by Simabu that had nearly been thrown in the garbage sold at auction for 26.8 million dollars after experts identified it as a long-neglected work. The painting in question is an impressive 13th century work titled "Dancing Girl," and it is known as "Dancing Girl." Christ Mocked having sat undiscovered above the stove of an old woman in France for years now, the French government is imposing an important export ban on the painting purchasing time to gather funds to acquire it. According to the Guardian, the title has risen to be one of the top six most expensive artworks sold anywhere in the world so far this year. The author Angelique Christopher's writing the winning owner of the painting had always assumed it was a religious icon they do not know how it ended up in their possession while arranging items from an old woman's house they do not know how it ended up in their possession while arranging items from an old woman's house they do not know how it ended I told him that it would have all gone to waste if I did not take it to the dump. Auctioneer Philamine Wolf was taken aback by the image she stumbled across in her reflection. She told Ailey Julian of La Parisian that she had to make room in her schedule after discovering the photo. Researchers investigating the painting concluded that it originated from a polyptych created around 1280 by Simabu, perhaps best known as Giotto's teacher. Still, a pioneering artist in his own right Eric Turquin, an art historian, discussed this topic with Scott Rayburn of the art newspaper.

Number 2. Archaeologists Universe remains of infants wearing helmets made from the skulls of other children.

They were buried with decidedly unusual headgear head scarves carved from older children's skulls using a modified cranium from a second juvenile. The researchers placed it around the head of the first, allowing the primary individual face to peep out from behind it. The infants were buried at solango, a ritual complex located on Ecuador's Central Coast in 100 BC. Another infant was aged six to nine months was buried at salango around 1900 BC. both infants were interred at solango. The skulls of adolescent animals are frequently unstable unless they are supported by the skin. The macabre headpiece for the yogurt infant was made from a person's skull in their early twenties, while the helmet for the 18-month-old was worn by a child between the ages of 4 and 12. In addition to the baby's skull, the team found a finger bone and a fragment of a little shell. According to the lead author Sarah Just of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the most plausible hypothesis links a natural or social disaster with the helmet's probable purpose of offering Extra Protection or links to ancestors. The researchers found a small shell and a finger bone between the baby's head and the second skull.

Number 1. Terracotta Army.

The armies of kin are represented here by the Terracotta Army. On March 29, 1974, farmers in the Shaki province of China were boring a water well when they discovered this image of hundreds of millions of mud soldiers all in one pit confronting the archaeologists. Several terracotta non-military figures were also discovered in numerous pits such as officials and acrobats. You may recognize this image from a horror film called The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. On March 29, 1974, farmers in the Shaki province of China discovered this image of hundreds of millions of Since the Terracotta Army was excavated, some painted surfaces on the Terracotta figures have started to flake and fade away, making it difficult to open the tomb in 15 seconds. The lacquer covering the paint may curl and flake off when exposed to sand dry air. The Tomb of the First Kin Emperor was guarded by cavalry troops and war chariots. The length of the tomb is about the same as a football field.

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